re: Portal/Declarations

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I actually don’t like that. KR maybe but not punt return. As explosively speedy as Arian is, he’s nothing special as far as I’ve seen when it comes to short area quickness. I’d actually like to see him stay healthy and perfect routes other than a go route.

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This! I'm really hoping Arian can stay healthy and really grow as a WR and become the deep threat that it appears he can be.

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Dude stays injured.

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I mean… I’d argue he was healthy during some important games for us

I think with Big 0 leaving we'd rely more on the outside receivers and run more single tight end packages. I think AD could have easily had a 1k yard season in 23.
Sad to see him go, could have been the best boundary receiver in the SEC if he was healthy next year.

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Rosemy-JS as first man rotating in.

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I think he's going to have a monster year. He has size, hands, and blocks downfield. I'm really glad he's sticking around.

At the end of the day, having great contributors like Burton and Mitchell portal out for more playing time elsewhere is part of the ticket we pay for being where we are as a program, now.

McKonkey
Jacksaint
Lovett
Thomas
A. Smith
Bell
Meeks
Morrissette
C. Smith
Speer
Williams
Haynes
Evans

Plus, of course, Powers, Delp, probably even Spurlin, and quite possibly Duce Robinson.

I think we’ll be just fine without AD.

Thomas had 624 yards receiving and averaged 14.2 ypr on 44 receptions with 7 TD’s.

Lovett had 846 yards receiving and averaged 15.1 ypr on 56 receptions with 3 TD’s.

AD wasn’t 1500 yards and 10 TD’s. And McKonkey, RJS, and Bowers are all receiving magnets who are going to put up incredibly efficient, possibly All SEC/All American level production. With Smith, Thomas, Lovett, Bell, and Delp right behind them.

We’ll be just fine.

Some of our fans compared him to AJ Green and George Pickens due to his size but I don’t think he’s on the same level.

I hate to see him go but if he doesn’t want to be with UGA then it’s better for everyone. I’d love to see what he could do with a full, healthy year but oh well.

Burton made the same decision last year and didn’t get the stats that Ladd ended up with. I hope AD isn’t doing this to get more targets because I don’t see that happening and as was noted…doesn’t really impact NFL draft status. It’s not like this is the same run heavy offense we had back in the day.

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Some of our fans compared him to AJ Green and George Pickens d

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who? Let me know so I can know to ignore their opinion forevermore.

The only reason people are so upset about this is because he has 2 extremely noteworthy catches that will do down in history as being massively important. When you look at this entire body of work and stats there's nothing to suggest getting as worked up about it as many of us are. HE is not even in the same universe as AJ or Pickens. He's essentially a tavarres king, which don't get me wrong I'd prefer he be on our team and it does kinda stink to have him leave but it's not insurmountable and it's not going to be the reason we win or lose games in 2023.